TV Drama-genres

Glogster

Costume:
He's topless whilst getting ready (shaving, making coffee + breakfast, whilst flossing, whilst putting shoes on)
Puts on shoes and ties them
Puts on his top (looks like he's suffocating himself)
At the end when he walks out of his house, he is dressed in white which makes him look innocent.
Setting:
Wakes up in bedroom
Shaves in bathroom
Cooks in kitchen
Flosses teeth in bathroom
Walks outside
Lighting:
Dark lighting in the kitchen
Bright in the bathroom
Daytime lighting at the beginning
Dark in the room, although it's daytime
Low lighting
Dark inside, light outside
Props:
Razor
tissue
meat
eggs
knife
orange
laces
flossing string
coffee maker
frying pan
scalpel
Performance:
Shaves his neck like he's cutting someone's throat
He ties his shoe laces as if he's strangling a person
He cuts the orange like a murderer
The first thing he does is kill a mosquito
He cleans the blood from his neck with a tissue
When he was putting on his shirt, he acts like he's suffocating himself
He uses floss to clean his teeth
Facial expressions:
Smiles: makes him look like he knows what he's doing
His eyes are mysterious and eyebrows are bent
His face is focused forward and it makes him look like a killer
Make Up:
His eyebrows are thick, his face is fresh - different colour from his beard
His face is greasy and his lips are shiny

Glogster

What are the Codes and Conventions?Remember, codes and conventions are the defending features of a Genre- they are what makes a media text what it is. With moving image texts (Tv shows and films) Codes and Conventions can be elements of:Mise-en-scene Everything in the scene/frame props, costumes, setting, lighting, performance, facial expression and make up.Narrative/Structure-StorySettingCharacterTheme- Ideas/Morals exploredSound- Diegetic,in the world of the show.Non Diegetic, not in the world of the show.Cinematography- Camerawork.Textual AnalysisTextual Analysis is the process of breaking down a text into its various elements and studying them to analyse how meaning is created. When analysing moving image media (such as film or television) we must examine the following areas:-Camerawork (shots,angles,movements)-Editing (how shots have been put together)-Sound (both diegetic and non diegect)-Special Effects (if there are any)-Mise-en-scene (costume,make up, facial expression,props, setting, performance)-Wide Shot/ Establishing Short-Long Shot-3/4 Shot-Mid Shot-Medium Close up -Close Up-Big Close up-Extreme Close upLow- -Camera looking up at subject,making it look bigger.Canted--Camera is tilted to make subject look slanted.High- -Cameras looking down on subject making it look smaller.Worms eye--Extreme low angle, camera very low looking upEye level-Camera is pointed directly at subjectBirds eye/Aerial-extreme high angle,looking straight down.Point of view shot -Camera shoots from a character point of view.Over the shoulder shot-Camera shoot over a character shoulder.Top Crab -The camera move sideways,like a crab does.Pan -The camera stays in the same spot but pivots left or right.SideTilt -The camera stays in the same spot but tilts up or down.Dolly- Also known as tracking, the camera moves backwards or forwards.

Thursday, 21 May 2009

mise-en-scene
performance:He shaves his neck like he cutting his throat.he ties his ties his shoe lace as if he`s strangling someone.he cuts the orange like a murderer.the first thing he does, is to kill a mosquito.when he was putting on his shirt, he acts like a was suffocating himself.he uses floss to clean his teeth.costume:-topless_ while shaving making coffee, whilst flossing, puting his shoes on.-top_puts on [look like hes suffocating himself]dressed in a white at the end, innocent.Facial expressions:Smiles: makes him look like he knows what he's doingHis eyes are mysterious and eyebrows are bentHis face is focused forward and it makes him look like a killerMake Up:His eyebrows are thick, his face is fresh - different colour from his beardHis face is greasy and his lips are shinyProps:Razor,tissue,meat,eggs,knife, orange,laces,flossing string,coffee maker,frying panscalpel,Lighting:Dark lighting in the kitchenBright in the bathroomDaytime lighting at the beginningDark in the room, although it's daytimeLow lightingDark inside, light outsideSetting:Wakes up in bedroomShaves in bathroomCooks in kitchenFlosses teeth in bathroomWalks outside


Thursday, 14 May 2009

skins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho69_sCkwyIin the skins trailer teenagers are being represented in a negative way: i.e. as part lovers, promiscuous, violent, aggressive, drunks. druggies, riotous, loud, immature, destructive, ignorant, rude, disrespectful, obnoxious, energy, sexual, cheap/dirty and scrifty.In the skins trailer, the representation are constructed by: music [loud + fast pace],setting [pubs], costume, hair, action of the actors and the narrative content.from my own point of view, i would say that these features represent teenagers in a negative way and not all teenagers are like that. so it is stereotypical and being exaggerated.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009

TEXTUAL ANALYSIS:
This is a list of different things that can be represented in television drama. for example....; 1] gender{ musculinity, feminity} 2]race {white, asian, black]3]regionality {cockney, northen, irish, scotish}4]sexuality {gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, heterosexual}5]personality {decent, stupid}6}religion {christian, muslim}7]class [first class]8]age9]nationaltyREPRESENTATION OF YOUTH: In the media, teenagers are been represented as: intimidating, promiscious, troublesome, voilent, teenage pregnancy, emo, lazy, not bothered, rude and moody.